Topological rigid string theory and two-dimensional QCD

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00036-3zbMath1004.81532arXivhep-th/9507060OpenAlexW2129191293MaRDI QIDQ1909486

Petr Hořava

Publication date: 13 March 1996

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9507060

zbMATH Keywords

Euler numbersfourth order Lagrangianharmonic topological sigma model Lagrangianlarge N 2D Yang Mills gauge theory expansionNambu Goto term

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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